Helmet design: Burgundy helmet with a gold spear, a white feather dangling from the spear.

There is considerable controversy over the team's name. Native American groups have called for a new name, and some newspapers in the United States refuse to call the team by their name, instead using such circumlocutions as "The Washington football team". On a smaller scale some concern has been expressed over the use of the placename Washington, as the team does not play, train, or base itself in Washington but rather in Landover, MD. This has prompted one commentator to refer to the team as the 'Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons'